The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-09-25

nation to conceive OF Grand Master workman
PowDERLY himself, fugitive before de-
tachment OF Federal Railway Police, lodging
from cavern to cavern among the Allegha-
nies to escape the consequences Of untimely
publishing one Of those secret strike circu-
lars to the Knights Of Labor for which the
Order has been lately 90 celebrated
The British Labor Party.
II the English trades unions enter with
anything Like unanimity the new labor party
started at their recent Congress-, they cannot
fall to exercise powerful influence on the
next general election, for nowhere In the
world are worklngmen moro thoroughly Or
ganized than in England. The presumption
that this influence would be arrayed upon
Mr.. GLApsToNR's side. 80 far as the burning
question Of homo rule Is concerned, will be
confirmed on an inspection Of their published
programme. This includes, however. inno-
vations too sweeping to be advocated by any
Liberal Of tho GLADSTONE type. and which
are more likely to find their defender in
some unf1inching Radical like Mr.. BRAD
LAUGH, tho long barred out but now admitted
and respected member for Northampton.
To an American citizen there IL nothing at
all startling In tho avowed demands Of this
British labor party though 1t may DO that In
some particulars thoy mean moro than they
say Thus In tho initial averments that
adult suffrage Ia the true basis Of popular
liberty, and that one man should only have
one vote, we zee nothing but truisms. But
although 1t IL many years since property re-
striotlons upon the franchise have been al
most wholly swept away In the United
States, they exist, we need not say, In the
United Kingdom, and have been hitherto
upheld by tho majority Of British Lib
erals as well as by oil Tories.
It Is also true that In England
one and the same man may cast
several votes, II he happen to be rich enough
to own property in several electoral d.
visions. Neither Mr.. GLADSTONE nor any
other eminent Liberal has advocated the
abolition Of the inequitable apportionment Of
seats In Parliament to counties and boroughs
and tho substitution Of the American plan Of
dividing State into districts Of equal pop
ulation. residence being condition Of vot-
ing. But both Of these reforms. although
deemed too trenchant by most, have been
strenuously urged by uncompromising Radi-
Gals, including not only Mr.. BRAp1AUoH,
but his colleague for Northampton, Mr.. La
DoUoH1RR, and Prof. THoRoLD ROGERS.
The same thing may be said Of the resolve
o, British worhngmen to agitate for the
payment Of members Of Parliament and for
religious equality. Here, again, they would
but be taking two moro steps toward the
this country we should deem the legal right Of
A.k H. ~ A.l ar C%nAn
Legislature mockery II they were denied
remuneration for the time devoted to public
duties. Yet Mr.. GLADSTONE and most Lib
erals Of Cabinet rank have set their faces
quite as firmly az tho Tories against COM
pensation for service In Parliament,
and at present Mr.. BRAD1AuaH Is the
most able and conspicuous champion OF
this reform. The last named Is. Of
course, q vehement advocate Of the dis
establishment Of the Church Of England,
which Is plainly contemplated by the de-
mand Of English workingmen for religious
equality. Mr.. GLADSTONE, on the other hand.
has never proclaimed himself an enemy Of
the Established Church in England, but he is
understood to favor the subversion Of 1t In
Wales, and to be undecided touching the ex-
pediency Of suppressing tho Presbyterian
Established Kirk In Scotland. Moreover,
upon all Church questions Mr.. GLADSTONE
Ia supposed to be In advance, rather than in
the rear Of the majority Of Liberals, 80 that
here, also, the workingmen must look for
leadership to some fearless Radical of the
BRAD1AUoH stamp.
such as free education, poor law reform,
homo rule and local government, are bor-
rowed from the political fabric with which
We are familiar In the United States. It Is
further alleged in cabled Interpretation Of
the programme that q secret inclination to
American ideas in the matter Of protection
turks behind an ostensible fidelity to free
trade. On this point the workingmon could
not carry Mr. BRADLAUdH or Prof ROGERS
with them, for both are known as infiexible
free traders. Nor has either yet signifed any
willingness to accept Mr.. HENRY GEORGES
plan for the naturalization Of the land,
which the British labor party is said to have
in view under the ambiguous phrase "land
reform" II 1t be wise. the British labor
party will for time confne itself to attain
ing adult suffrage and the payment Of men,
bers Of Parliament upon which preliminary
conditions the fulflment Of its other hopes
depends. Thus far, and indeed much fur
ther, on their projected road they can rely
upon the guidance Of Mr.. BRApLAuoH,
whose progress In the respect Of the House
Of Commons, since he was at last permitted
to take his seat, Is one Of tho most lstriking
facts In recent Parliamentary history.
CHARLES BRADnAuaH may be yet one of the
foremost men In England.
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